COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Reference number:
Greek P 112
Side:
recto
Image Number:
JRL050514dc
Image Title:
Certificates of Pagan Sacrifice
Trismegistos Number:
Subject:
Paganism
Subject:
Religion
Citation reference:
P. Ryl. Gr. 2 112, SB 3 6827-8
Description:
All the fragments are declarations of conformity to pagan worship. In fragment [a] the writing appears across the fibres. Each certificate has been written by more than one scribe. Acquired in 1917.
Creation site:
Egypt
Date created:
250 CE
Time period covered:
1 BCE - 500 CE
Place covered:
Egypt
Language:
Greek
Language code:
grc-EG
Item height:
Fragment a: 185 mm
Item height:
Fragment b: 174 mm
Item height:
Fragment c: 215 mm
Item width:
Fragment a: 119 mm
Item width:
Fragment b: 62 mm
Item width:
Fragment c: 72 mm
Technique used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support material:
Papyrus
Discovery site:
Egypt: Arsinoites: Theadelpheia (mod. Batn el-Harit)
Bibliography:
Johnson, J De M; Martin, Victor; Hunt, Arthur S. Catalogue of the Greek Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester. Volume II Documents of the Ptolemaic and Roman Periods, Nos. 62-456. Part 1 (1915): In: Catalogue of the Greek Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester. Manchester, UK: Sherratt and Hughes, Publishers to the Victoria University of Manchester; 1915, pp. 94-96
Current repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Category:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Fragments
Image rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Image sequence number:
grc0112r
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2005-06-14
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Papyri
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